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8.29.2021

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How Marvel's Shang-Chi had to "destroy" its own racist origins
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings rescripts the original Fu Manchu Marvel story.

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Padma Lakshmi says disparaging Indian food isn't funny. It's ugly.
A columnist with The Washington Post recycled a tired, racist comment about "Indian curry" in a recent publication, and Padma Lakshmi is not having it.

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A toxic stew of anti-Asian racism, anti-vaccine vitriol roils Orange County
In Orange County, Board of Supervisors meetings have become a place for racist, anti-vaccine rhetoric from groups of vocal community members.

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Citing Solidarity in Asian American Documentary
As more places in the U.S.require ethnic studies in their curricula, Brian Hu suggests Asian American documentary films that showcase solidarity.

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Three Asian Adoptee Poets Reflect on Craft, Adoption, and Anti-Asian Violence
Tiana Nobile, Ansley Moon, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello chat about poetry, their experiences of being Asian American adoptees, and more.

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The Imperfect Legacy of Romeo Must Die
"To Hollywood, the "hip-hop kung fu movie" was a short-lived fancy. To me, it was a phenomenon."

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How a scrappy YouTube channel grew into a hub for Asian and Asian American talent
Wong Fu Productions has developed a reputation as a springboard for Asian and Asian American talent.

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Meet SNL's Celeste Yim, the writer (and Emmy nominee) behind the memorable 'It Gets Better' sketch
Celeste Yim was the only writer hired by SNL last season. Now, she's been nominated for an Emmy.

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'Shang Chi's Awkwafina and 'Eternals' star Kumail Nanjiani trade notes on their MCU debuts
Kumail Nanjiani and Awkwafina trade notes on their career-shifting Marvel debuts, carving uncharted paths in Hollywood and how to learn to stop worrying and let themselves have fun with it all.

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How Sandra Oh Snuck A Massive Cameo Into The Chair
"...somewhere in the The Chair universe, Ji-Yoon aka Sandra Oh and Dr. Peter Seung aka Daniel-Freaking-Dae-Kim were together as a hot college professor couple, and now he's in Michigan teaching classes and being handsome and crying behind his handsome professor glasses as he pines over his ex-love. The spinoff truly writes itself."